To find the right person for the job, you need to have an accurate idea of the job itself and of the particular skills and attributes it demands. This can be carried out in a series of stages, as shown in Figure 1 .

Green at Google: Opower CEO Dan Yates "The average person spends 6 minutes a year thinking about their energy use. How much do you think about yours?
In celebration of Earth Day at Google, Dan Yates, CEO of Opower, gives an inside look at how new technology is changing the relationship between utilities and their customers. Founded on a simple premise, Opower develops home energy management software to engage the millions of people who are in the dark about their energy use across North America and the UK. The company is working wAuthor(s): No creator set

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Earlier on I indicated that in order for a processor to perform a defined function it needs to be supplied with a list of instructions called a program. In this section I shall explore this idea a little further.

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WSU faculty member knee-deep in education efforts for Spokane museum exhibit "Dig It!" If ever an opera is written about dirt, look for soil scientist Ann Kennedy's name in the credits. If she's not the lyricist, she'll be the enthusiastic backer.
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Kennedy, a researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service and an adjunct faculty member in crop and soil sciences at Washington State University, talks about dirt the way some people taAuthor(s): No creator set

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